[Wylug-announce] Fwd: Hello from Helen and NHS Hack Day 10 @ King’s College London 16th-17th May 2015

[Darren Menachem Drapkin]

There have been enquiries about NHS HACK DAYS in the context of how 
broken NHS computing is.
Here is the main chunk of a message I received about an NHS hackday 
in May this year.
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Subject: Hello from Helen and NHS Hack Day 10 @ King’s College 
London 16th-17th May 2015
Date: Tuesday 17 Mar 2015, 21:43:23
From: NHS Hack Day <hackdays at openhealthcare.org.uk>
To: ****

We’re really excited to be able to announce the tenth NHS Hack Day, 
which is happening in a little under two months' time at King’s College 
London.

   1. What is an NHS Hack Day?

   NHS Hack Days are weekend events that bring together “geeks who 
love the NHS” to have fun, build community, and work on digital 
projects that promote health.

   NHS Hack Day began in 2012 when Carl (a doctor) complained to his 
friend Tom (a developer) that things were really very broken in NHS IT. 
Tom who’d recently had a good experience at a Cabinet Office GDS 
Hack Day said the NHS should have a hack day. So we did.

   The format is that we begin on a Saturday morning with people 
pitching real-world problems they’ve encountered in the NHS or in 
health care generally. Anyone can pitch. We end on Sunday afternoon 
with a competition for the best solutions made over the weekend. In 
between people pick projects to work on, work on them, and have 
lunch (provided).

   Previous NHS Hack Days have looked something like this

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NnfMmKKvBk

   Previous projects live here http://nhshackday.com/previous/projects/

   And you can read about the last NHS Hack Day here 
http://openhealthcare.org.uk/blog/2015/01/31/nhs-hack-day-cardiff/

   2. Why should I come to NHS Hack Day?

   You’ll meet bright people from different disciplines you wouldn’t 
usually meet

 You’ll play a part in making NHS IT less bad

 You’ll have fun

   We especially want people to come who aren’t sure if this is for them; 
a lot of the value of the event comes from the diversity of the 
participants. We need you! Imposters are welcome 
http://nhshackday.com/faqs/#inclusivity

   3. How do I get involved?
  

 By attending the event, tickets will be released this evening from 
www.nhshackday.com <http://www.nhshackday.com> 

 By sponsoring the event - email hello at openhealthcare.org.uk 
<mailto:hello at openhealthcare.org.uk> By becoming part of our 
community - joining the mailing list 
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nhshackday>, coming to 
pre event meet ups or talking to us on Twitter 
<http://twitter.com/nhshackday>

 By spreading the word, tell your friends!

   Lots of love,

   Helen (@DeckOfPandas), the NHS Hack Day Team, and Open Health 
Care UK

 @NHSHackDay @ohcuk

 www.nhshackday.com <http://www.nhshackday.com>

 www.openhealthcare.org.uk <http://www.openhealthcare.org.uk>
NHS Hack Day by NHS Hack Day
http://tinyletter.com/nhshackday
London London,   United Kingdom

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Darren Drapkin